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Creating a truly inclusive beauty brand, with Simi Lindgren, founder of Yuty
FOR a long time, the world of beauty was stuck in the old ways of perfume counter selling, excess packaging – and those giveaway foundation samples in magazines that only ever came in some shade of peach. As a teenager of Nigerian heritage, Simi... -
Developing healthy food relationships with Mark Cuddigan, CEO of Ella's Kitchen
Ella’s Kitchen is a lot more than a baby and toddler food company. Its core mission is to improve children’s lives by developing healthy relationships with food. But it’s also a B Corps - which means it takes its responsibilities to people... -
How sports can help save the planet, with Michael Doughty, Hylo
More than three billion people watched the last World Cup final. The reach–and potential impact–of sport is almost limitless. But while social issues are increasingly creating a stir in sport, the environment isn’t yet making quite such an... -
Meat isn’t the problem, it’s industrial farming methods, with Glen Burrows, The Ethical Butcher
Food is under increasing scrutiny and meat is high on the agenda. Everyone - from the authors of the UK’s national food strategy to the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – are telling us to eat less of it. But Glen... -
How to make our homes kinder, with Frieda Gormley, House of Hackney co-founder
Frieda Gormley and her husband Javvy M Royle dreamed up the idea for their interiors brand at the kitchen table. Ten years on, House of Hackney is one of the most influential – and aspirational - British interiors brands. Best known for its use of... -
Finding tomorrow’s black entrepreneurs, with Eric Collins, Impact X CEO
In the UK last year, if you were a woman, just 2.9 per cent of venture capital went to you. If you were a black business founder you saw just 0.2 per cent of all investment capital. And if you were a black woman, it was a mere 0.02 per cent. "Those..… -
Creativity and risk in brand building, with John Schoolcraft, Oatly
John Schoolcraft’s LinkedIn profile lists everything from dishwashing to shop assistant, DJ to Alice Cooper’s security guard among his previous jobs. But there’s one that he will forever be synonymous with: global chief creative officer at... -
Richard Walker, Iceland managing director
Richard Walker has taken his father’s business in a new direction since taking the helm. A passionate believer in the good that all businesses can do, and the critical importance of their role in combatting environmental damage, he’s committed to... -
Greenwashing in the energy industry, with Juliet Davenport, founder Good Energy
We’re doing our bit, we’re buying green energy right? Not always. In fact, a third of the energy that’s marketed as renewable is in fact greenwashed by companies using loopholes in legislation. Juliet Davenport set up Green Energy in... -
How kindness builds the bottom line, with Anna Blackburn, Beaverbrooks managing director
Anna Blackburn is the first non-family member to run the jeweller Beaverbrooks. She’s also its first female managing director. And she’s more than doubled profits since she took the helm of the business. Anna has done this by building on a...
The Kindness Economy
By Mary Portas
The Kindness Economy explores the new values driving businesses and the fundamental role they must play in our lives. Each episode, hear Mary talk best practice with inspiring business leaders as they explore this exciting new value system. Think People, Planet, Profit – in that order.
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